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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
Cc: juri@linkov.net, sbaugh@catern.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Updating *Completions* as you type
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:52:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zfyw5zg2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO=BR8OfUprMgZUSVWm5R3Kj9J7pvqRYiOwW18Q3=6SpGYOy_g@mail.gmail.com> (message from Spencer Baugh on Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:21:47 -0500)

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:21:47 -0500
> Cc: juri@linkov.net, sbaugh@catern.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
>  > So it's "sort completions in history order".
> 
>  "History order" still sounds too heavy-handed.  How about "in the
>  order of their typing" or somesuch?
> 
> Why heavy-handed?

Because "history" has meaning outside of Emacs.

> I feel confident that more users will understand "History order" than "in the
> order of their typing".
> 
> How about "Sorted in the order of minibuffer history"?

That's better, but if you are okay with that, how about "Sorted in the
chronological order of minibuffer input"?



  reply	other threads:[~2023-11-29 15:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 107+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-12 23:53 Updating *Completions* as you type sbaugh
2023-10-13  6:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-13 18:01   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-14  7:09     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-14 19:26       ` Björn Bidar
     [not found]       ` <874jit2ef7.fsf@>
2023-10-14 19:38         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-14 16:51     ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-14 17:56       ` sbaugh
2023-10-14 19:51       ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-10-13  6:34 ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-13 19:04   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-14 16:58     ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-14 20:05       ` sbaugh
2023-10-15  6:06         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-15 15:55           ` sbaugh
2023-10-16 11:38             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-10-16 14:50               ` Michael Albinus
2023-10-16 15:58                 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-10-16 12:16             ` sbaugh
2023-10-17 18:23               ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-18 23:27                 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-15  7:32         ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-16 19:28           ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2023-10-17 18:38             ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-15 20:31         ` Eshel Yaron
2023-10-16  3:18           ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-10-16 16:54           ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-17 13:48         ` sbaugh
2023-10-17 18:35           ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-17 22:57             ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-18  3:04               ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-10-18  6:56               ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-18 12:25                 ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-18 17:32                   ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-18 23:33                     ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-19  2:29                       ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-19  6:55                         ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-19 19:22                           ` sbaugh
2023-11-20  7:51                             ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-20 15:24                               ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-20 17:47                                 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-20 18:50                                   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-21  7:58                                     ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-21 12:40                                       ` sbaugh
2023-11-21 17:09                                         ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-21 20:45                                           ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-22  7:51                                             ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-22 16:11                                               ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-23  7:58                                                 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-23 12:36                                                   ` sbaugh
2023-11-24  7:58                                                     ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-25 16:44                                                       ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-25 18:31                                                         ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-26 13:33                                                           ` sbaugh
2023-11-27  7:28                                                             ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-28 14:38                                                               ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-28 15:03                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-28 17:13                                                                   ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-28 17:36                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-29  7:11                                                                       ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-29 13:09                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-29 14:14                                                                           ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-29 14:54                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-29 15:21                                                                               ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-29 15:52                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-11-29 19:17                                                                                   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-30  6:12                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-30 12:33                                                                                       ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-30 14:10                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-11-28 23:56                                                                   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-11-29  3:33                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-03 17:25                                                                     ` Juri Linkov
2023-12-03 17:56                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-12-06 17:17                                                                         ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-28 17:16                                                                 ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-28 23:36                                                                   ` Turning completion table lambdas into symbols Spencer Baugh
2023-11-28 23:51                                                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-29 19:26                                                                       ` Spencer Baugh
2023-12-01  0:36                                                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-11-29  7:18                                                                     ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-21 12:54                                       ` Updating *Completions* as you type John Yates
2023-11-21 17:03                                         ` Juri Linkov
2023-11-21 22:27                                           ` John Yates
2023-10-20  6:49         ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-17 15:01       ` sbaugh
2023-10-17 18:20         ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-17 23:37           ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-17 23:44             ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-18  6:51             ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-18 12:47               ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-18 17:28                 ` Juri Linkov
2023-10-18 23:32                   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-16  3:19   ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-10-20  9:35   ` zcomplete Philip Kaludercic
2023-10-22 17:28     ` zcomplete Juri Linkov
2023-10-23  5:00       ` zcomplete Protesilaos Stavrou
2023-10-23  6:45         ` zcomplete Juri Linkov
2023-10-13 18:11 ` Updating *Completions* as you type Daniel Semyonov
2023-10-13 18:48   ` Spencer Baugh
2023-10-16  3:16     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-10-16  9:25       ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-10-16 16:03         ` Drew Adams
2023-10-20  7:45           ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-10-20 16:10             ` Drew Adams
2023-10-16 22:55         ` Emanuel Berg
2023-10-17  6:09           ` Emanuel Berg
2023-10-17  0:44 ` Michael Heerdegen

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